Apr 3, 2014
IPCC Climate Report Warns of “Growing Adaptation Deficit” - Inter Press Service
While the impacts of climate change are being felt on every continent, investment in adaptation is dangerously lagging, warns the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
CGIAR Climate's insight:
Putting actual dollar figures on the issue of adaptation appears to have been particularly contentious. “The most recent global adaptation cost estimates suggest a range from $70 billion to $100 billion per year globally by 2050,” the report notes, “but there is little confidence in these numbers.” Infographic by CGIAR Climate Change Agriculture and Food Security